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    "id": 328709,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/328709/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojaamong",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Labour",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 196,
        "legal_name": "Sospeter Odeke Ojaamongson",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am in the Ministry of Labour and we talk to many employers. You will find that in our labour market, there is a mismatch between the skills given in schools and those required in the labour market. If you look at somebody who has studied for a degree in religious philosophy, disaster management and so on, they cannot be useful. In Form Four, people are taking combinations that are not useful. We could choose Arts, Physics, Double Maths and Physics so that you could become somebody. You will find that somebody is doing Maths and combining it with Geography and CRE and this is not very useful. If you put somebody in the market, he just looks out of place. So, we should critically address this. We should be preparing people for the job market. If it is Chemistry, Biology or Geography, we know that somebody is going for something. If it is CRE and English we know that one wants to be a pastor. If it is English and something, then we shall know one wants to be a lawyer like my capable campaign manager, Mr. Namwamba, in my county. So, we should at least ensure that the skills people get in schools are those that are useful in the job market."
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